Thankful on Thanksgiving

I had my 17 week appointment this week and everything is looking great! I am a bit low on iron and so my doctor suggested taking a separate iron pill with my prenatal vitamin each morning. We listened to little man's heartbeat and he is looking perfect! 

We have SO much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. 

Our day was full of family and way too much food as usual but ended with the most amazing thing for this first time mama. When I laid down in bed at the end of the day I felt the "fluttering" everyone has been asking about and telling me would be happening soon. It was amazing! Off and on for about 20 minutes I felt almost like a flip-flop feeling in my belly. WOW! Such a special feeling and something I was not sure I would ever get to experience. 

We are blessed. 

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Not the best picture but this was Thanksgiving Day 

Gender REVEAL!

The day after our ultrasound Shaun took the envelope to a local bakery where they made a cake for our party. 

Then we waited 3 days!

On Saturday night we gathered all of our family for the reveal! It was so much fun to find out at the same time but I have to admit I was SO anxious by the time the party rolled around. 

We had all of our guests dress in blue or pink to declare their vote!

 Time to cut the cake!!

It's a BOY!!

Such a fun night! A baby boy!!

4-D

This week we had a 4-D ultrasound done so that we could find out the sex of the baby. My doctor would not tell us for a few more weeks and I was anxious to know before the holidays. It was absolutely amazing! 

We told the lady that we did not want the sex revealed during the ultrasound since we had planned to do a Gender Reveal Party a few days later with our families.
We had a full 30 minutes to watch this little baby kicking, flipping, and sucking its thumb. She recorded the heartbeat and put it inside a little teddy bear. We got 40+ black and white and color pictures on a CD and a video of the whole session set to music. It really was a wonderful experience.
Anytime she would do a "between the legs" shot we turned our heads and waited for the all clear from her to look at the screen again. She then wrote the gender of the baby on a piece of paper and sealed it tightly in an envelope.
Here are a few pics but remember this baby is still in the "alien" phase. There is no fat on the baby yet so it is quite weird looking. Although to us, he/she is perfect!

One hand up by the ear, sucking thumb!

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Avocado Baby!

16 weeks and officially have a belly. I am surprised EVERY time I look down. Yikes! 

 I am getting headaches regularly (every single day), some much worse than others but, I am blessed. 

For the most part, I feel absolutely wonderful. My energy level has definitely improved in the past couple weeks. Shaun and I were laughing the other night when we realized it was 10:00 and I was still awake! (; 

No official baby movements yet but I am SO ready to feel this little guy/girl. 

No "cravings" but I have eaten more cereal in the past 16 weeks than I ever wanted in my life. I love it!

We are beyond excited to find out the gender of this little babe in 2 days!

POP!

I am nearly 16 weeks and this week there was a noticeable change in the "lump" which hopefully soon will be closer to a baby "bump." I am ready for the day to come when it looks more like baby than just too much Halloween candy. 

Shaun has worked every night this week and when he came home from work today and actually had enough time to look at me, his reaction was so cute. You really can tell there is something growing in there. 

Here it is, don't judge...my husband is a horrible picture taker...cut off my head and got much closer to the "lump" than need be. I should have had him take a side shot...next time. 

Love this little babe so much already! 

Halloween!

Yesterday was Halloween and at our school it was the annual Jog-A-Thon. The theme for the Jog-A-Thon was Dr. Seuss and each grade chose a different character. My class along with the other third grade class dressed as "Thing 1 and 2." Since the other third grade teacher is pregnant and due 1 week before me we decided this would be a great time (especially since we are both into the second trimester) to break the news to our classes. 

The smaller circle says "Thing 2 Coming Soon"

When I went to pick up my kids they were all dressed up with blue hair and all! They were adorable. I left my sweatshirt zipped until we got to the classroom and then casually unzipped it. They were so funny and did not figure it out right away but when they realized there was a baby in there they were SO excited! The class consensus seems to be that it is going to be a boy (smart kids!) Ha ha

It was an exhausting day that continued with a Halloween get together at our house and ended with my first emotional breakdown of the pregnancy. I was in tears (sobbing!) by 9:30 due to a combination of little things but mainly because I was so over tired. 

Shaun was wonderful of course, as always and offered me just the right amount of quiet time, hugs, prayers, and encouragement. 

How did I get so darn lucky with this guy?!?

This morning was rough. I was still exhausted and rolled out of bed 40 minutes later than usual with giant bags under my eyes. 

Got through the day and still have to make it through tomorrow from 5:00am to 9:00pm since we have to go to the Homecoming Game after work. Sleeping in Saturday morning is going to be heavenly!

Here are the 2 preggo teachers liven it up at the Jog-A-Thon!